Welcome to another part of the BTS Arirang Extravaganza! In this episode, we talk about the promotion strategies used for Arirang, the true history of Arirang, and the controversies that surround this comeback with Howard University, and people questioning BTS's Koreaness. Thank you to our lovely guest, Shay, for joining us this episode!

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Resources

https://weverse.io/bts/notice/32916

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Arirang

https://thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/bts-how-howard-university-helped-elevate-korean-culture-and-how-black-culture-influenced-k-pop

https://boundarystones.weta.org/2020/02/12/k-pop-there-was-arirang-first-korean-students-howard-university

CALLING ALL BTS ARMY! THE COMEBACK HAS FINALLY ARRIVED! To celebrate, we are bringing a series of episodes to talk all things Arirang! Enjoy part one, where we break down and talk about the Comeback performance, the most recent documentary, BTS: The Return. We also want to thank our special guest, Shannon, for joining us this episode!

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Follow Shannon on Tiktok @shnoonie and Twitter/X @minimoanie

Resources

https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/bts-arirang-comeback-costumes-jay-songzio-lyrical-armor-1238685143/

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/bts-the-return-interview-with-bao-nguyen

New Year. New Podcast. (not really)

Happy 2026, everyone! We're back with the podcast, but we have some changes that will be happening for the time being. Listen as we talk about those changes and things we are looking forward to this year, the main one being BTS's COMEBBAACCKKK.

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